Buckle.



` PATBNTED DEG. 1o, 1907. P. HINKLB.

- A. E. YOUNG & J.

BUCKLE. APPLIOATION FILED FEB. 25. 1907.

THE MORRIS Farms co., WASHINGTON, D. c.

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` ANDREW E. YOUNGAND JAMES F. HINKLE, OF ROSWELL, TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO.

BUCKLE.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 25. 1907. Serial No. 359.206-

No. 873,199. Patented Dec. 10, 1907.

To all whom 'it may concern: j

Be it known that we, ANDREW E. YOUNG and JAMES F. HINKLE, residing at Roswell, in the county of Chaves, Territory of New Mexico, have invented a new and improved buckle practically without obstruction so as Buckle, of which the following isv a specificato prevent the buckle from galling or rubbing tion. the horse.

This invention seeks to provide an im- The bars a 01,2v and t3- a3 are integral with the outer or circular portion a whereby to uniformly brace the said circular portion and also keep the cinch rope or hair from drawing together at the center of the buckle, the said cinch rope being linked over the circular member a at that side where the bars a3 connect therewith, and it is thereby held in a lateral distributed condition by reason of the loops of the rope being wound upon the circular member or frame c between and at each side of the said bars a3, the said rope being also held from drawing together under a pull strain by a re-inforce or transversely interlaced thread of the rope as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

The transverse bars a3 at a point where they merge with the converging ends of the bars a2, which is at a point centrally of the circular frame a, are vertically extended to form an outwardly projecting flange a4, which flange at a point centrally of the circular member a, has an aperture a5 and a recess a6, the latter being in the outer face and in line with the aperture, the edges 6t of the said recess serving as guides for holding the buckle tongue B from lateral movement, the eye g of the said tongue being pivotally mounted in the aperture a5 as shown, such arrangement providing for positively holding the tongue B at all times in a direct longitudinal line with the cinch rope whereby to secure the apertured end to the draw strap H and in a position to exert a direct strain on that side of the buckle ring diametrically opposite the side to which the cinch rope is attached. L

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:-

As an improvement in cinch buckles, the buckle body, consisting of an outer circular shaped frame, a transverse brace bar, a pair of other bars integrally joined with the transverse bar midway thereof and extending divergingly therefrom and integrally joined with the said frame, a cinch rope looped over Vthe frame between and to each side of and economical character, more especially adapted for use as a Hcinch buckle, having the parts arranged for keeping the cinch rope or hair from gathering in the center of the buckle, and in which the several parts have such correlative arrangement, whereby to keep the buckle from spreading in case of the horse falling or in case of heavy pulls, such as frequently happens with cow boys, particularly when pulled off the saddle by the horse or in roping when pulling cattle out of bogs or quick sand.

Our invention also comprehends a novel arrangement of parts, whereby in use they do not gall or rub the horse and present no obstruction on the horse engaging surface, capable ofscratching or otherwise injuring the animal.

In its more subordinate features, our invention consists in certain combination and peculiar` arrangement of parts, which will hereinafter be fully explained, specifically pointed out in the appended claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:-

Figure 1, is a perspective view of our improved buckle with a portion ofthe cinch rope and the strap end attached, Fig. 2, is an l l proved construction of buckle, of a simple j l gitudinal section taken practically. on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4, is a cross section thereof on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2 and looking in the direction of the arrow.

In carrying out our invention, we make the buckle A preferably of circular shape, and, excepting the tongue B, of a single piece of suitablemetal, and the inner face of the circular portion a slightly flattened as indicated by a whereby the said inner face will lie in a plane substantially with the inner or under faces of the short radial bars or brace members CL2- a2 and radial brace bars @t3-a3 that are disposed approximately at right angles to the brace members (L2-a2 as shown in Fig. 2, for reasons presently explained and the under faces of the several members athe ends of the divergingly opposing brace tongue pivotally engaging the said aper- 10 bars, said cinch rope having a re-inforce for ture and the recess, substantially as shown holding the loops thereof in fa unifoinlly and for the purposes described. s read osition on the circular rame o" tie 1 f Y 5 bliicklefa transverse brace bar having a portion projected above the said frame at a t U' point centrally thereof, said projected por- Witnesses: tion having an aperture and a recess, the R. M. PARSONS, latter being in line with the aperture, and a ALBERT HAMEY. 

